[CLUE-Tech] tar to tape with compression

[David Anselmi]

Jeffery Cann wrote:
[...]

> 	gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
> 	/etc/mime.types
> 	/etc/mailcap
> 	/etc/gshadow.lock
> 	/etc/group.lock
> 	tar: Child returned status 2
> 	tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> 
> I understand this to mean that tar (by way of gzip?) is padding the archive to 
> make an even block size for the tape.  I assume that this is message is 
> innocuous for my purpose of validating the archive.  Is this a correct 
> assumption?

You can always restore the tape elsewhere and diff it against the 
originals to see if it works.

Dave